Fishel began his broadcast meteorology career in 1979 with WMDT in Salisbury, Maryland.[1]
He joined WRAL in 1981, and became the station's chief meteorologist in 1989.[2]. He resigned from the WRAL News Team in February 2019.[3]

Fishel was the first certified broadcast meteorologist in the United States. He chaired the American Meteorological Society Broadcast Board Committee to develop the 100-question exam for the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program.